HORNED LARK 261 



breast aud belly ; conspicuous white tufts on 

 sides of rump. Breeds in northern forests. Call, 

 pu-pio' . . p. 257. Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



4'. With noticeable wing bars. 



6. Length more than 6 inches. Common. Note, 

 pee'-ak-wee' . . . . p. 90. Wood Pewee. 



6'. Length less than 6 inches. 

 7. Throat pure white. Retiring. Found in alder 

 thickets northward. 



p. 258. Alder Flycatcher. 



7'. Throat not pure white. Familiar ; found in 

 trees about houses. Note, che-beck' . 



p. 80. Least Flycatcher. 



Horned Lark ; Shore Lark : Otocoris alpestris and 

 eastern race. 



(Fig. m, p. 262.) 



Upper parts pinkish brown ; tail black, outer feathers marked 

 with white ; forehead, horns, sides of throat and breast black ; 

 rest of under parts whitish. Length, 7| inches. 



Geographic Distribution. — Breeds m northern Europe, 

 Greenland, Newfoundland, Labrador, and Hudson Bay region 

 southward to upper Mississippi valley and Massachusetts ; 

 in winter, southward to about latitude 35°. 



Sometimes, as you drive along the country roads, 

 you will see perched on a fence a small chocolate- 

 colored bird with curious black, horn-like plumes 

 on the sides of its head ; and again, in winter, 

 you may meet a flock of the same singular little 

 birds in the middle of a city street. I have had 

 one of these pleasant encounters in Washington. 

 The birds start up before you with a plaintive 



